On 28 Jan 2009, at 18:07, Günther Greindl wrote:
> > Bruno, > >> theoretical computer science and mathematical logic. Rereading >> "Conscience et Mécanisme" I realize Russell Standish was right, and >> that >> book should be translated in english because it contains an almost >> complete (self-contained) explanation of logic (for the physicists), >> including the historical foundations which are genuine, and a >> detailed >> explanation of the measurement problem in quantum physics, for the >> logicians. (beyong the most detailed account of the UD). It renders >> also >> justice to all the contributors in the debate on Gödel (like >> Benacerraf, >> Reinhardt, Webb, Wang, and many others). There are many >> misunderstandings, which reminds me the book by Torkel Franzen ... > > I would certainly like to read the book - I managed a bit the Lille > thesis (with my French), but it was hard going and I think I only > understood the stuff because we have had many discussions here on the > list - so it was easy to "translate". I am not so sure I can manage > the > huge Bruxelles work, but I will try someday when I have more time :-)) > > Maybe you can find a publisher who is prepared to translate the book > into english? Excellent idea. For reason I don't want to bore you with, I am a bit stuck on those sort of issue. But I am sure a good publishing could make rich the publisher :) > > >> Also, it is hard to *believe* in the plausibility of the conclusion >> of >> UDA without having a good understanding of Everett's Quantum >> Mechanics. >> What could be a "good" introduction to Everett? ... Deutch' FOR book, >> but also Albert's one, D'Espagnat, ..... > > Of course, yes - I will include Albert and Deutsch on the references > page concerning the UDA. Albert especially is good in his account of > weird quantum experiments. Perhaps not. It could give the wrong impression that QM is needed for the UDA. Perhaps yes: Everett illustrates that physics has already the most startling comp feature. I don't know. Best, Bruno http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-l...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
